If you are in a *nix system, you can try to run $result=` mk_view $view_name ETC`
instead and see the output from $result. It may be helpful to find the root cause. -----邮件原件----- 发件人: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 发送时间: 2008年1月17日 22:16 收件人: beginners@perl.org 主题: Help in system function Hi All, I am executing following command in Perl script $vw=system("mk_view $view_name ETC"); if ($vw) { print "view created successfully\n"; } When I run this command, I am getting message "view created successfully". But in reality command is not executing at all Please help Regards Irfan. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/